Dr. Antonia Darder is a distinguished international Freirian scholar. She is a public intellectual, educator, writer, activist, and artist. She holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles; is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Education at University of Johannesburg; and Professor Emerita of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is an American Educational Research Association Fellow and recipient of the American Educational Research Association Scholars of Color Lifetime Contribution Award, as well as the Freire Social Justice Award. Antonia has worked tirelessly for almost 40 years to fiercely counter social and material inequalities a in schools and communities. The author of more than 20 books, her scholarship has consistently focused on issues of racism, political economy, social justice, education and society. Through her writings, she has extended the contributions of Paulo Freire to our understanding of inequalities in schools and society. Darder’s critical theory of biculturalism links human development questions to issues of culture, power, and pedagogy. Through her decolonizing scholarship on the body, ethics, and methodology, she has contributed to rethinking questions of empowerment and liberation in the lives of subaltern populations. Beyond her contributions to the field, she is a poet and visual artist.